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By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 4:25 pm
If you lost your wedding ring somewhere in the Shawangunks, this guy might have it.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 4:11 pm
Delhi resident Keith Daury, whose backyard was overtaken by the swollen West Branch of the Delaware River this afternoon, decided to make the best of it. "I think I lost my picnic table," he said.
By Aaron Bennett on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 11:24 am
The Watershed Post is delighted to introduce our first columnist: Aaron Bennett of Catskill Mountainkeeper. Bennett’s job as regional director at CMK is to serve the “high peaks region” of the Catskill Mountains, which includes Delaware, Greene and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 9:40 am
Yesterday's rain is swelling creeks and rivers throughout the Catskills region, and prompting a round of flood alerts.
News 10: Schoharie County under flood watch.
Daily Freeman: Flood warnings for Esopus and Rondout creeks; flood watch for Ulster and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 8:07 pm
The annual St. Patrick's Day parade got rained out in Halcottsville last week. No worries: The tiny village's doughty citizens celebrated yesterday instead. Erin go bragh!
Photo courtesy of the Halcottsville Fire Department. More where that came from on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 5:56 pm
Frequent Fox News commentator Dick Morris aimed a rhetorical blunderbuss between New York Congressman Scott Murphy's eyes yesterday over his vote for the healthcare reform bill, calling him and seven other legislators "traitors."
Those all voted no,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 3:55 pm
Last week's public meeting about the Partition Street development project in Saugerties is still prompting reactions. Peter Solow of Saugerties has published a public comment on the Saugerties Citizens for Smart Development website in which he suggests... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 3:50 pm
It's become an annual tradition for high school students from New York City and its upstate watershed communities to get together to talk about the science and policy of the NYC watershed. Last week, the Ashokan Center hosted 30 students from John Bowne... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 3:13 pm
John Kavaller, a Jeffersonville real estate agent, has some tough advice for you:
The fact that you renovated beautifully, sunk a ton of money into your Victorian, and are receiving mildly interested offers at 15% or more below your asking price is a... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 2:28 pm
It's maple syrup season in the Catskills, and everybody's getting into the spirit. Last Saturday was the first day of Maple Weekend, when local producers of maple syrup and maple sugar throw open their sugar house doors to tourists. (The festival pours... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 11:40 am
March flowers: Female flowers of the silver maple, Acer saccharinum
In 1922, T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month. Since then, global warming may have pushed the ficklest season’s sweet torments into March. As of last weekend, it’s officially spring... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 11:38 am
Shouting Thomas, a nurse and EMT-in-training from Woodstock, had to spend yesterday's gorgeous weather sitting inside, taking a class on how to drive an ambulance. Luckily, the class was held at Woodstock's Fire Department, so he got an up-close look at a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 - 2:13 pm
We're at the Pure Catskills Farm to Market conference in Liberty today, hobnobbing with farmers, buyers, distributors and foodies of all stripes. We'll be posting later--in the meantime, feel free to follow us on Twitter: @watershedpost.
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 20, 2010 - 12:57 pm
If you missed homegrown Delaware County twang-rockers Esquela at the Autumn Cafe last night, you'll get your chance. The band is celebrating the release of The Owl Has Landed, their upcoming album from Bovina Records, with a couple of back-to-back parties... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 6:45 pm
The proposed conference center development for Partition Street in the village of Saugerties was debated last night at a long-awaited public meeting of the village's Planning Board. Today, the conversation is still going on at the comment boards at the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 6:29 pm
According to a press release sent by Congressman Maurice Hinchey's office today, Gov. Paterson can't possibly close 41 state parks, because federal law doesn't allow it.
[T]he head of the National Park Service (NPS) told the congressman this week that the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 5:06 pm
Come for the fresh guacamole, stay for the pineapple-infused tequila. Hudson Valley Magazine's Lynn Hazlewood checks out Gaby's Cafe, a new-ish Mexican place in Ellenville, and declares it delectable:
It’s a casual little place, painted in bright, fruity... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 1:37 pm
But it isn't photographer and Flickr user Richardm740 of Stamford. (Photo reproduced with permission.)
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 11:31 am
Aaaaand the prize goes to the Shawangunk Journal, for yesterday's story on flooding in Wawarsing: "Pump and Circumstance."
Part of Wawarsing is perched atop New York City's leaking Delaware Aqueduct. State senator John Bonacic is trying to get approval... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 11:07 am
Something strange haunts a certain house on North Manheim Boulevard in New Paltz. You may have noticed it. One recent commentor on the Ulster Publishing forum did:
If you are driving on Henry Dubois Road in New Paltz where it intersects with North... Read more
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